Ed Harris credited as playing...
Mission Control
- Matt Kowalski: Houston, I have a bad feeling about this mission.
- Mission Control: Please elaborate.
- Matt Kowalski: Well, it reminds of a story.
- Mission Control: Matt, do you have visual on just what Mission Specialist Shariff is doing up there?
- Matt Kowalski: He appears to be doing some form of the Macarena or that would be just a best guess scenario on my part.
- [first lines]
- Mission Control: Please verify that the P1 ATA removal on replacement cap part 1 and 2 are complete.
- Explorer Captain: DMA, M1, M2, M3 and M4 are complete.
- Mission Control: Okay. Copy that, Explorer. Dr. Stone, Houston. Medical is concerned about your ECG readings.
- Ryan Stone: I'm fine, Houston.
- Mission Control: Well, medical doesn't agree, Doc. Are you feeling nauseous?
- Ryan Stone: Not anymore than usual, Houston. Diagnostics are green. Link to communications card ready for data reception. If this works, when we touch down tomorrow, I'm buying all you guys a round of drinks.
- Mission Control: That's a date, Doctor. Just remember, Houston's partial to margaritas
- Ryan Stone: Booting comms card now. Please confirm link,
- Mission Control: That's a negative. We're not receiving any data.
- Ryan Stone: Standby, Houston, I'm gonna reboot the comms card.
- Mission Control: Standing by.
- Matt Kowalski: Houston, I have a bad feeling about this mission.
- Mission Control: Please expand.
- Matt Kowalski: Okay, let me tell you a story.
- Matt Kowalski: Explorer, this is Kowalski confirming visual contact with debris, debris is from a BSE sat. To repeat, I have...
- Ryan Stone: Dr. Stone requesting faster transport.
- Matt Kowalski: We have to go, we have to go, go, go!
- Mission Control: Kennedy reports meteorological conditions no-go...
- Ryan Stone: Houston, Explorer, copy.
- Ryan Stone: Explorer, Dr. Stone requesting faster transport to bay area. Explorer do you copy?
- Matt Kowalski: Explorer, permission to retrieve Dr. Stone.
- Explorer Captain: You're a go Kowalski. Houston, this is Explorer, copy... We've lost Houston... we've lost Houston.
- Matt Kowalski: Unstrap. Look, we need to get he hell out of here!
- Shariff: Need some help there, Matt?
- Matt Kowalski: No, don't wait for us!
- [a piece of debris hit Shariff on the face killing him instantly]
- Matt Kowalski: Man Down! Man Down!
- Matt Kowalski: Houston this is Explorer, copy. Houston this is Explorer, copy. Kowalski repor...
- [transmission interrupts]
- Ryan Stone: [Explorer shuttle is hit and destroyed by debris carrying Dr. Stone, still attached, around] Ah! Ah!
- Matt Kowalski: Explorer's been hit. Explorer do you read? Explorer, over, Explorer? Astronaut is off structure. Dr Stone is off structure. Dr. Stone detach! You must detach!
- Ryan Stone: [Still attached] No! No!
- Matt Kowalski: If you don't detach that arm's gonna carry you too far! Listen to my voice! You need to focus! I'm losing visual of you. In a few seconds I won't be able to track you. You need to detach. I can't see you any more. Do it now!
- Ryan Stone: I'm trying! I'm trying!
- [Ryan detaches and flies away into space]
- Matt Kowalski: Houston, I've lost visual of Dr. Stone!
- Mission Control: I.S.S., this Houston, Explorer this is Houston.
- Explorer Captain: Go ahead Houston.
- Mission Control: Mission Abort. Repeat, Mission Abort. Explorer initiate emergency disconnect from Hubble. I.S.S. Initiate emergency evacuation.